Habakkuk 2:10

Thou hast consulted shame to thy house by cutting off many people, and hast sinned against thy soul.

Cross-reference

In Habakkuk 2:8, plundering leads to being plundered, directly connecting to the self-inflicted harm in verse 10.

2 Kings 9:26 Prophetic fulfillment

2 Kings 9:26 records the Lord's vengeance on Ahab's house for shedding Naboth's blood — fulfilling the 'cutting off many peoples' in Habakkuk.

2 Kings 10:7 Historical context

2 Kings 10:7 shows the slaughter of Ahab's seventy sons — the complete cutting off of a house that mirrors Habakkuk's judgment.

Proverbs 1:18 describes the wicked ambushing themselves — directly parallels how cutting off others leads to forfeiting one's own life.

Proverbs 8:36 warns that rejecting wisdom harms oneself — a parallel of self-destruction through sin, matching the forfeiting of life here.

Isaiah 14:20 declares the king of Babylon's offspring cut off and unburied — matching the forfeited life and shame on the house in Habakkuk.

Isaiah 33:11 says the wicked conceive chaff and are consumed by their own breath — a vivid parallel of self-inflicted destruction from evil deeds.

Nahum 1:14 Parallel

Nahum 1:14 decrees God will cut off Nineveh's name — a strong parallel of divine judgment against a violent empire, echoing the same fate.

In Jeremiah 44:7, a similar warning: cutting off your own people brings self-destruction, mirroring the shame in Habakkuk.